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Realistic Castle Figure: Roland

"Then to his lips the horn he drew,And full and lustily he blew. The mountain peaks soared high around;Thirty leagues was borne the sound.Karl hath heard it, and all his band.“Our men have battle,” he said, “on hand.”"

Song of Roland CLIII.

The Song of Roland (La Chanson de Roland) is an heroic poem based on the Battle of Roncesvalles in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne. Charlemagne's army is fighting the Muslims in Spain. The last city standing is Saragossa, held by the Muslim king Marsilla. Marsilla promising treasure and Marsilla's conversion to Christianity if the Franks will go back to France. Charlemagne and his men are tired of fighting and decide to accept this peace offer. They select a messenger to go back to Marsilla's court: Roland.

With the help of a traitor the Saracens ambush the rear guard of Charlemagne's army led by Roland. While the Franks fight magnificently, there's no way they can continue to hold off against the Saracens, and the battle begins to turn clearly against them. Almost all his men are dead and Roland knows that it's now too late for Charlemagne and his troops to save them, but he blows his horn anyway, so that the emperor can see what happened to his men and avenge them. Roland blows so hard that his temples burst. He dies a glorious martyr's death, and saints take his soul straight to Paradise.

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Realistic Castle Figure: Witch Hunter

In the Middle Ages witchcraft was feared throughout Europe. People thought that magic was an illusion created by the devil and was associated with worship of the devil. People thought that witches caused harm to society by causing accidents, bad luck, illnesses, or death. Witches got a lot of blame if someone fell ill of unknown causes.

Witchcraft was hated mostly by the Christians and their church. They considered them as diabolical and evil. As always they thought that witches had to do with the devil. The Christian church started a campaign to get rid of these so called witches, and started the witch hunt. It lasted for over 75 years. The witches went on trial for heresy (rejection of the church) and witchcraft. They wanted to get rid of them so they burned them at stake if found guilty. Some other punishments were banishment, imprisonment, and mutilation, but mostly execution. Almost everyone that was accused was tortured and beaten until they confessed. Many people gave their lives to false confession. Almost 80% of the people accused were women. It was believed that the devil succumbed people who weren't strong enough to resist him and thought women were not as strong as men.

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Fantasy Castle Figure: Minotaur Shaman

As master of earth and weather magic, minotaur shaman supports her clan in a peaceful way. But never underestimate her, she is a deadly warrior when needed!